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Video: Europe Airport Body Scanners
As the European Union continues to debate whether or not to widely implement controversial full-scale body scanners at airports, Italy and the U.K. have already installed such devices.
Gulf Stream study could aid oil, gas work
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- A study of a warm Gulf Stream current in the Gulf of Mexico could aid oil and gas offshore drilling activities in the...
How the Earth survived birth
For the last 20 years, the best models of planet formation -- or how planets grow from dust in a gas disk -- have contradicted the very existence of Earth....
Khartoum tightens grip on key oil zone
KHARTOUM, Sudan, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- The Sudanese government's appointment of an administrator of the disputed oil-rich Abyei region looks likely to intensify differences between the Arab-dominated regime in...
April meetings set for Mackenzie pipeline
OTTAWA, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Canadian regulators announced they would hear final arguments on the 758-mile Mackenzie River Valley gas pipeline at hearings beginning April 12.
Cold snap doesn't disprove global warming: experts
Climate experts say the recent cold snap doesn't disprove global warming at all - it's just a blip in the long-term heating trend.
Ambulance stolen from paramedics
Some Winnipeg paramedics were left in the lurch after their ambulance was stolen while they attended a call in the city's North End.
EU Galileo satnav system to begin operations in 2014
The EU's much-delayed satellite navigation network Galileo will begin operations in 2014, the European Commission said Thursday as it awarded key contracts to Germany's OHB System and France's Arianespace.
A brief history of snow
Britain's recent cold snap is nothing on the 16th century's Little Ice Age, or even New York's notorious 1888 blizzard, but we could learn a lot from past snow eventsThe early 20th-century Arctic explorer...
Opinion: 'Evergreen agriculture' wins for climate and hunger
Soil science and agroforestry can help tackle climate change and boost crop yields, say M. S. Swaminathan and Dennis Garrity.
How people work ... and the fingerprint mystery
Why do we chew our food? Research has shown that it is not, as has long been presumed, to make chunks of food small enough to swallow without choking. Biomechanics,...
Morales Calls Alternative Climate Meeting
Bolivian Leader Seeks To Pressure Industrialized World To Accept "Climate Debt" To Poor Nations
Researchers to map High Arctic island
An upcoming research expedition to an Arctic island could help kickstart a new wave of oil and gas exploration in Canada's Far North.
New sensor to monitor dangerous mountain
The Alberta government has installed a new piece of equipment to monitor geological movements on a dangerous mountain, part of which collapsed in 1903, killing 70 people in the town...
Massive octopus kill a mystery
VILA NOVA DE GAIA, Portugal, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- More than 1,200 pounds of dead octopus have washed ashore on a 1.8-mile stretch of beach in Vila Nova de...
ARS Plant Collections Help Safeguard Crops
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the months ahead, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists plan to collect walnuts from Kyrgyzstan, grasses from Russia, and carrots and sunflowers from fields across the Southeastern United...
Record–Breaking Snow and Cold Reminiscent of the Late '70s
Record-breaking cold and heavy snow this winter is unusual but not unprecedented, climate expert says.
The right and wrong types of snow
It can blanket the ground, or melt on impact. A lot can depend on when and where it fallsThe snowy scenes of a winter wonderland can be harder to create than you...
Egypt's rust-resistant wheat ripe for testing
Egypt is set to test wheat strains that don't succumb to Ug99, a deadly wheat fungus blighting crops worldwide.
Fossil Leaves Depict Warm, High Sierra Nevada Mountains in Ancient Past
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team led by Yale University geologists has reconstructed the climate and elevation of California`s northern Sierra Nevada mountains using organic materials derived from ancient leaves and bacteria.
Feeding the future
(PhysOrg.com) -- At the current growth rate the global population is predicted to reach 10 billion by 2050. To feed this many people, food production worldwide will need to double...
Solar-powered irrigation a shining success in Benin
Solar-powered water pumps mean more vegetables — and more money — for farmers in Benin, researchers find.
Britain's cold snap does not prove climate science wrong | Leo Hickman and George Monbiot
Climate sceptics are failing to understand the most basic meteorology - that weather is not the same as climate, and single events are not the same as trendsIt's as predictable a feature...
Snow, ice and the bigger picture | Robert Henson
The cold snap tells us little about climate change, but if you want something to blame it on, try the Arctic oscillationPeople across the northern hemisphere are now facing the fact that...
Japan whalers 'ram' activist boat
Anti-whaling activists accuse a Japanese whaling ship of a ramming attack on one of their boats in Antarctic waters.
Japanese project aims to turn CO2 into natural gas
Japanese researchers said Wednesday they hoped to enlist bacteria in the fight against global warming to transform carbon dioxide buried under the seabed into natural gas.
Rebirth Of An Island After Volcanic Eruption
When Alaska's Kasatochi Volcano erupted on Aug. 7, 2008, it virtually sterilized Kasatochi Island, covering the small Aleutian island with a layer of ash and other volcanic material several meters...
Hurricane Warnings to Come Earlier
Forecasters Will Send Watches and Warnings a Half a Day Sooner in Biggest Change to System in Decades